With the clouded out eclipse winding down I find myself with a totally non-astronomical mystery. I mixed up a batch of cherry Kool-Aid and put it in an ice cube tray and popped it in the freezer. I've been doing that forever and I always get the usual unremarkable flat topped red ice cubes. But look at this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/icecube.jpg What the heck?! At first I thought something had dripped down from above but I checked and found there was nothing above that could have dripped. Could the solution have somehow "erupted" upwards? Weird. Any ideas how the "stalagmite" grew? patrick
The eclipse did it! We're all going to die! 2012 and all! The Time Lords are returning! AAAAHHHHH!!!!! ++++++++++++++++++ Troy Davidson, KF7MTE www.istroyworking.com On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
With the clouded out eclipse winding down I find myself with a totally non-astronomical mystery.
I mixed up a batch of cherry Kool-Aid and put it in an ice cube tray and popped it in the freezer. I've been doing that forever and I always get the usual unremarkable flat topped red ice cubes.
But look at this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/icecube.jpg
What the heck?!
At first I thought something had dripped down from above but I checked and found there was nothing above that could have dripped.
Could the solution have somehow "erupted" upwards?
Weird.
Any ideas how the "stalagmite" grew?
patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Was something growling around in your fridge, as in Ghost Busters? --- On Tue, 12/21/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Any ideas? (OT) To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 2:02 AM With the clouded out eclipse winding down I find myself with a totally non-astronomical mystery.
I mixed up a batch of cherry Kool-Aid and put it in an ice cube tray and popped it in the freezer. I've been doing that forever and I always get the usual unremarkable flat topped red ice cubes.
But look at this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/icecube.jpg
What the heck?!
At first I thought something had dripped down from above but I checked and found there was nothing above that could have dripped.
Could the solution have somehow "erupted" upwards?
Weird.
Any ideas how the "stalagmite" grew?
patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
You are not alone. Hundreds of hits for Google and many on Youtube. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=839.0 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:02:02 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Any ideas? (OT) With the clouded out eclipse winding down I find myself with a totally non-astronomical mystery. I mixed up a batch of cherry Kool-Aid and put it in an ice cube tray and popped it in the freezer. I've been doing that forever and I always get the usual unremarkable flat topped red ice cubes. But look at this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/icecube.jpg What the heck?! At first I thought something had dripped down from above but I checked and found there was nothing above that could have dripped. Could the solution have somehow "erupted" upwards? Weird. Any ideas how the "stalagmite" grew? patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Darn! And here I was hoping it was so rare I'd be able to sell it on ebay. LOL! Thanks for the link Steve. Happy Solstice! patrick On 21 Dec 2010, at 14:42, sfisher01@comcast.net wrote:
You are not alone. Hundreds of hits for Google and many on Youtube.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=839.0
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:02:02 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Any ideas? (OT)
With the clouded out eclipse winding down I find myself with a totally non-astronomical mystery.
I mixed up a batch of cherry Kool-Aid and put it in an ice cube tray and popped it in the freezer. I've been doing that forever and I always get the usual unremarkable flat topped red ice cubes.
But look at this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/icecube.jpg
What the heck?!
At first I thought something had dripped down from above but I checked and found there was nothing above that could have dripped.
Could the solution have somehow "erupted" upwards?
Weird.
Any ideas how the "stalagmite" grew?
patrick
Only if you can get one of the stalagmites to look like the Virgin Mary... :) Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:
Darn! And here I was hoping it was so rare I'd be able to sell it on ebay. LOL!
Thanks for the link Steve.
Happy Solstice!
patrick
On 21 Dec 2010, at 14:42, sfisher01@comcast.net wrote:
You are not alone. Hundreds of hits for Google and many on Youtube.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=839.0
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:02:02 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Any ideas? (OT)
With the clouded out eclipse winding down I find myself with a totally non-astronomical mystery.
I mixed up a batch of cherry Kool-Aid and put it in an ice cube tray and popped it in the freezer. I've been doing that forever and I always get the usual unremarkable flat topped red ice cubes.
But look at this: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/icecube.jpg
What the heck?!
At first I thought something had dripped down from above but I checked and found there was nothing above that could have dripped.
Could the solution have somehow "erupted" upwards?
Weird.
Any ideas how the "stalagmite" grew?
patrick
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